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Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion skeletons in Jason and the Argonauts are amazing even now. He animated the sequence by himself for more than four months -- without computers or even an easy way to check his work. We're looking into how he did it: animationobsessive.substack.com/p/how-ray-ha...
I never wanted to be a "in my day things were better" old lady... but I need to categorically state that technology actually WAS better. You are currently in the peak of designed obsolence, enshittification, personal intrusion and forced acceptance by lack of choice. Sure, the underlying tech...
As someone that reads on their phone while in public, "I have nothing else to do but take pictures of the line I'm waiting in", sounds depressing.
The rise of 'conspicuous waiting': The economic theory behind Gen Z's viral lines | Fortune
From Sprinkle Cake to Broadway rush tickets, economists say waiting has become a way to signal value, build demand, and create community.
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The Nazis went to great lenghs to ensure everyting they did was legal. Ethical principle and the law are two completely separate things. The first should define the second. When it doesn't, we have a moral duty to break the law.
Sophie Molly@sophiemolly.co.uk · 2mo agoTERFs screeching it's the law, like some facist Judge Dredd. It's cute that they think this makes them the good guys.
Yeah people love to hell me "what do you care? Those jobs weren't real art!!" One yes they were. Two now no job. Three they tend to look really bad.
Owen Dennis: Infinity Train/Among Us Show creator@owendennis.com · last wk.Seeing every small business, be it a local restaurant, a moving company, whatever, all having AI logos and AI ads, really puts into perspective just how many artists are out of jobs now. All those little sustaining jobs where someone just needed a quick thing for $50 to $200 are just gone.
Medical workers in a Nairobi clinic used an AI tool to check their work. A new study evaluates the result. n.pr/3Tb058t
This AI tool promises a 'second sight of eyes' to clinicians. Did patients benefit?
Medical workers in a Nairobi clinic used an AI tool to check their work. A new study evaluates the result.
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ICYMI: Advertisers face $5,000 New York fines and 3% EU penalties over AI labels #Advertising #AIMarketing #LegalIssues #NewYork #EULaw
Advertisers face $5,000 New York fines and 3% EU penalties over AI labels
Synthetic performer ads in New York carry $1,000 first-violation penalties already in force since June 9. Which exemptions still shield audio and streaming?
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Kotaku is looking for bilingual freelance writers covering gaming who are based in Japan. If that's you or someone you know, please DM me!
Not sure what is worse, that the Bowie estate presumably signed off on this, or that Meta either didn't realise or didn't care that Five Years is about the apocalypse
Amanda Silberling@amanda.omg.lol · 2w agothis broke me techcrunch.com/2026/07/23/m...
Humans used blog to get their links to the top of Search. Now, AI spamming the internet, @jasonkoebler.bsky.social explains. We teamed up with the Los Angeles Public Library to talk about it on a panel with @xoxogossipgita.bsky.social and @dexdigi.bsky.social. Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=-wLU...
‘There was absolutely no chance of being a kid’: new exhibition explores how war shapes children’s lives
‘There was absolutely no chance of being a kid’: new exhibition explores how war shapes children’s lives
Childhood in War examines what life looks like when play, education and family life is disrupted by hostilities
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URGENT! We're still looking for a 3D character animator to join us full-time until the project release! We want someone with the chops that's also excited to work on a highly anticipated 3D anime game! If that's you, please apply below!! RT appreciated #PortfolioDay #indiegame
By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how wildlife is protected in the United States. Environmental groups are suing. n.pr/4wCwMd9
Environmental groups sue government to stop a big change to the Endangered Species Act
By altering the definition of the word "harm" as used by the Endangered Species Act, the Trump administration may limit how wildlife is protected in the United States. Environmental groups are suing.
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Palantir has a nemesis and I accidentally found him
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aly@aly.codes · 4w ago"Programmers working on the Internet have a moral responsibility to the entire world, not a single country. The Internet has been designed[...]as a universal system for the sharing of knowledge without censorship." this goes hard tbh nym.com/blog/anti-pa...
The Supreme Court ruled today against #geofence warrants, saying that Americans have a reasonable expectation of privacy in their cell phone location history. This book excerpt explores the case in question and the surveillance technology behind it. spectrum.ieee.org/digital-surv...
SCOOP: I obtained documents revealing the FBI used Cellebrite to extract data from at least 13 protesters' phones after a mass arrest at an anti-ICE protest in Spokane last summer. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Public records show FBI secretly extracted data from ICE protesters' phones
Previously unreported documents reveal “extractions” from at least 13 devices after a Washington state protest last June.
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ICE is claiming the officers who killed Lorenzo Araujo in Houston didn't have bodycams bc of "two Dem shutdowns." Put aside that the GOP has the majorities. And that the OBBB gave ICE a huge shutdown-proof slush fund. Here's an article from 5 months ago abt TRUMP explicitly slow walking bodycams:
Trump moved to cut funding for ICE body cameras and reduced oversight
Administration opposed efforts last year to expand use of cameras by immigration agents and cut oversight staffing
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Following the killing of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, DHS is using a familiar playbook: they are blaming Salgado for his own death by asserting he “weaponized his vehicle.” It’s a narrative that law enforcement agencies frequently employ to justify fatally shooting of unarmed motorists.
ICE keeps using the same justification for killing drivers
Lorenzo Salgado Araujo was shot dead by immigration agents on the way to work. DHS claims he was using his vehicle as a weapon.
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Signed up to Claude, because sometimes I do worry I'm being overly critical and maybe when people say "I use Claude for research; it's great!" that I've missed something and should test it out. It is - I cannot emphasise this enough - shit at summarising literature. Because of course it is.
As America celebrated its 250th birthday, white nationalists from the group Patriot Front marched through Washington with masks and confederate flags. Author of "To Catch a Fascist" Christopher Mathias joins Antonia Hylton to share more on the extremist group.
'Straight up Nazis': Author slams masked white supremacist group marching through D.C.
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Here in CA I check CAISO daily to keep tabs on our energy mix. As I type this our electricity is 85.5% renewables, 3% nat gas, 3.7% hydro, 7.9% nuclear. And we are currently sending 8.8MW into our state’s batteries, which will discharge all night long. https://www.caiso.com/todays-outlook/supply
Michael E. Mann@michaelemann.bsky.social · last mo."24/7 renewables could happen sooner than you think | Grouping wind, solar, and batteries together can already be more affordable than building a coal or gas plant in prime locations, new report finds" www.canarymedia.com/articles/cle...
Mamdani: "As we mark 250 years ... we see the wealthiest country -- one where children go to sleep hungry while the world's first trillionaire hungers for more ... we see masked agents terrorizing our streets, eating food cooked by undocumented neighbors before spiriting them away in unmarked vans"
We're fast approaching the point where 'downloading something and sharing it to keep it alive isn't piracy. It's all we've got left.' aftermath.site/video-game-pir...
“I am an American. Through and through. And yet because I am Black, I stand as physical proof that the story the country tells about itself is a lie. That myth does not belong to me,” Caleb Dunson writes. thetriibe.com/2026/06/essa...
ESSAY: I didn't choose America. I inherited it. • The TRiiBE
As America marks its 250th birthday, this personal essay examines what it means to inherit a nation built off the backs of our ancestors, shaped by their sacrifices and still wrestling with the promis...
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Thought of another fun exercise everyone can try: turn Bouba and Kiki (of the Bouba/Kiki Effect) into characters that fit your own tastes and interests
